Charities

April 9, 2019 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Dare to Be You Foundation

The DTBY Foundation supports leadership development opportunities and initiatives that empower our youth to become the best versions of themselves as they bring their unique gifts into this world and unlock their potential to ‘BE’ better, and ‘DO’ better in their community.

We raise funds for organizations in the Halton region for their vital programming.

Charitable Registration Number – 816162242RR0001

Donations to Dare to Be you – $4500 (this total may change)

January 24, 2019 Meeting

Chosen Charity: The Burlington Teen Tour Band Boosters Angel Fund

Burlington Teen Tour Band Boosters organization is built on the fundamentals of volunteering. It’s through the donation of time and expertise of many people that we have been able to build the Boosters organization and continue to support the Burlington Teen Tour Band in all they do.

Charitable Registration Number – 118821453RR0001

Donations to Burlington Teen Tour Band Boosters – $4600

November 20, 2018 Meeting

Safetynet Children & Youth Charities services families with clothing, diapers, furniture, household items, bicycles, tutoring and music. They rely on community donations in order to provide free items and services to financially disadvantaged families. Safetynet provides programming that encourages independence and helps to break the cycle of poverty.

Charitable Registration Number – 853458966RR0001

Donation to Safetynet Children and Youth Services – $4900

September 20, 2018 Meeting

The Halton Poverty Roundtable is a local non-profit/charity that brings together over 30 community organizations and 100+ volunteers who are committed to working collaboratively to eliminate poverty in Halton and moving towards a common vision where there is no neighbour in need.

Charitable Registration Number – 812765121RR0001

Donation to Halton Povery Roundtable – $5700.00

April 20, 2018 Meeting

Shifra Homes‘ mission is to provida a safe haven, and an empowering environment that promotes dignity and a sense of hope for young homeless pregnant women. They aim to provide support and resources, and to protect and nurture new life. Their vision is to see young pregnant women healthy, supported, safe and empowered, and equipped with the necessary life and relationship skills they need to build happy successful lives. They also aspire to see a decrease in the number of homelesss pregnat teens and young women in the Halton region.

Charitable Registration Number – 808262471RR0001

Donation to Shifra Homes Inc. – $5200.00

January 22, 2018 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Halton Learning Foundation

The Halton Learning Foundation (HLF) partners with individuals, corporations and community foundations to help eliminate financial barriers to education for students of the Halton District School Board. They provide assistance through emergency funds for students-in-need, post-secondary scholarships, and engagement funds that help schools purchase tools and resources to engage students in learning. We’re excited to help!

Donation to Halton Learning Foundation – $5000.00

November 22, 2017 Meeting

Chosen Charity: The Darling Home for Kids

The Darling Home for Kids is a place of joy, filled with the smiles and laughter of children engaging in unique and enriching experiences and exploring new and exciting activities.

Medically fragile children receive wonderful care in a beautiful, warm and home-like environment, which provides comfort and a break to families facing the daily challenges of caring for a child with complex medical needs.

The Darling Home for Kids offers three core programs – respite care, residential care, and hospice palliative care – as well as a number of therapeutic programs. Funds donated by 100 Women Who Care Burlington will support these important core programs, making a difference in the lives of families by building them a bridge to brighter times. Together, we transform lives.

Donation to The Darling Home for Kids – $4800 (as of January 19/18)

September 19, 2017 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Next Door Social Space

As a ministry of ForestView Church, Next Door Social Space first opened their doors in 2012 as an outgrowth of their work with Compassion Society and Motel Ministry. Initially located alongside Compassion Society, in 2015 Next Door relocated to its current site where they are excited to be a ‘next door’ neighbour to the Warwick Surrey community. Since moving into Warwick Surrey, they not only operate out of the storefront, but occupy community spaces offering, among other things, a ball hockey league at the local pad, a gardening at the local community garden as well as a Community Kitchen, Drop In Dinners, Sewing Drop In and Womens Coffee Hour. In 2017 Next Door Social Space are expanding into the adjoining vacant storefront – ‘next door’ to Next Door! This expansion will allow them to improve what they do, while exploring new ideas of building reconciled relationships.

Charitable Registration – 897869640 RR0001

Donation to Next Door Social Space – $5500.00 (as of November 1/17)

June 7, 2017 Meeting

Woodview offers a broad spectrum of services for children and youth facing mental health challenges and for those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). They work in partnership with families, who play an integral role in our services. Woodview works with schools and social service agencies to support these individuals and their families.

Funds donated by 100 Women Who Care Burlington will support a summer camp program for children and their families.

February 21, 2017 Meeting

Chosen Charity: The Angel Project

Many patients spend decades in Complex Care units in hospitals and will never go home again; in some cases accident victims, MS, ALS patients and others have been left without tools and the finances to fend for themselves and have been abandoned by their families and society. The Angel Project raises funds to assist in at least one outing per eligible patient per year and they assist with the purchase of items such as wheelchairs, voice boxes and speech computers. Although there is some provincial funding for these items, it is not enough for patients who do not have enough to cover the patient portion. The Angel Project also helps by providing basic needs items such as soap, shaving cream, shampoo and even simple comforts such as stuffed animals, soft blankets or gifts at Christmas to these patients.

Charitable Registration – 83839-3486 RR000

Donation to The Angel Project – $5900.00 (as of May 15/17)

November 29, 2016 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Learning Disabilities Association of Halton (LDAH)

The LDAH is a charitable organization focused on supporting, educating and delivering services to families, children, youths and adults with learning disabilities within Halton and positively impacting their lives.The fund donated by 100 Women Who Care Burlington will help the LDAH provide free support to parents of children with Learning Disabilities. It is vitally important to have a place in the community where parents can come for support and can bring their children for programs. The kids with Learning Disabilities are at high risk for being bullied, for failing and for mental health issues, so this community needs to be available to them.

Charitable Registration – 119010387RR0001

Donation to LDAH – $5925.00 (as of February 1/17)

September 13, 2016 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Food for Life Canada

Every day, Food for Life collects surplus perishable food (fruit and vegetables, dairy, meat and prepared foods) from both retail and wholesale food suppliers and grocery stores and is the largest food recovery organization in Halton region. This year, Food for Life will distribute close to 2 million pounds of donated food from their partners directly into the hands of the hungry throughout our community. Not only is Food for Life helping to feed the hungry, millions of dollars worth of food would have otherwise gone to waste in a landfill.

Food for Life provides food to approximately 100 programs throughout the Halton Region and serves more then 26,000 client visits per month.

Charitable Registration 890943772RR0001

Donation to Food for Life – $5900.00 (as of November 17/16)

Presented Charities:

CBI Prison Ministry

Townsend Smith Foundation

Food for Life

May 31, 2016 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Partnership West Food Bank

Partnership West Food Bank helps the hungry by sourcing, managing and distributing food to a network of local agencies, including food banks, children’s snack programs, the Carpenter Hospice, Halton Woman’s Place and several hot meal programs.

Food banks serve the community by acquiring and warehousing food and other necessities from numerous public and private sources. This food is then distributed throughout the year to eligible people in need.

It’s hard to imagine that in Burlington, 44% of Food Bank clients are children.

Charitable Registration #889638946RR0001

Donation to Partnership West – $ – 5675.00(as of September 2/16)

Presented Charities:

January 19, 2016 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Compassion Society

Compassion Society responds to the needs of our community with support and connection by providing clothing, food, and referrals to local resources.

10,000 families in Burlington live below the poverty line and every donation helps needy people in Burlington

Charitable Registration #80430 1810 RR0001

Donation to Compassion Society – $5700 (as of April 28/16)

Presented Charities:

Shifra House

Burlington Green

Compassion Society

October 21, 2015 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Friday Night Community, Wellington United Church

Friday Night Community are free drop-in community dinners held every Friday (including holidays) at 6 p.m., that offer a full course meal and fellowship to anyone in the community. Of those who attend, some may be socially isolated by disability and/or poverty, as well as single parents and seniors.

When guests come they enjoy sharing a smile, a hug or a friendly conversation with the people at the dinner. Friendships are forming every week when people come in the door and join together for a meal. Many connections carry over into the rest of the week, as people build important support networks outside of the dinner.

The dinners are open to all members of the public; the food is prepared and served by community volunteers. The program is dependent on donations to fund the weekly dinners. No permanent funding exists.

Charitable Registration #108196072RR0001

Donation to Friday Night Community – $5700

Presented Charities:

Girls Incorporated of Halton

Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK) – Christmas gifts

Friday Night Community, Wellington United Church

June 24, 2015 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Community Living Burlington

Established in 1955, Community Living Burlington is Burlington’s oldest and largest non-profit charitable organization. For 50 years, they have been dedicated to enriching the quality of life, development and community integration of individuals with developmental disabilities. This is achieved by providing individuals who have a developmental disability with:

Donation to Community Living Burlington – $5500

Presented Charities:

Nanny Angel Network

Community Living Burlington

Girls Incorporated of Halton

March 18, 2015 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton

The mission of the Alzheimer Society is to assist individuals and families as they deal with the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders. The Alzheimer Society also strives to promote education, advocacy, and public awareness, along with supporting research into the cause, treatment and alleviation of dementia.

The Alzheimer Society provides information, supportive counselling, and education to individuals with dementia, their care partners, and family members in person, over the phone, by email and in discussion groups. The Alzheimer Society also provides information, education and consultation services to community organizations and local health care agencies.

Charitabable Registration # – 894537984RR0001

Donation to The Alzheimer Society of Hamilton-Halton: $5300

Presented Charities:

Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre – Climb for Cancer

Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton

Halton Industry Education Centre (HIEC) – Women as Career Coaches

January 21, 2015 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Carpenter Hospice

Carpenter Hospice has been selected as our first recipient for 2015! Our local Hospice provides individuals who are dying, and their families, with high quality palliative care in a home-like setting. 100 Women Who Care Burlington is very proud to stand behind this wonderful organization and thank Carpenter Hospice for doing all the things they do to help those in need.

Since opening in May 2002, Carpenter Hospice has served more than 1,900 residents who have ranged in age from 21 to 103 years. They support people from our community with all types of terminal illness such as cancer and ALS. Their services also extend beyond residential care to a Wellness Program and Bereavement Support Program.

Charitable Registration # – 86312 1125 RR0001

Donation to Carpenter Hospice – $5500

Presented Charities:

The Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington

Seat Yourself Campaign @ Aldershot School

Carpenter Hospice

September 24, 2014 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Food4Kids

Food 4 Kids provides backpacks of healthy food to elementary school students from at-risk, low-income or disadvantaged homes with limited or no food during weekend periods. Packages of healthy food are prepared by volunteers and delivered to schools each Friday to ensure children have nourishment over the weekend. There are 1,200 children in Hamilton and 500 children in Halton sustaining each and every weekend without food. When kids leave school for the weekend, they should not have to worry about how they will be fed.

Charitable Registration # – 83329 7484 RR0001

Donation to Food 4 Kids – $6,200

Presented Charities:

Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services

Seat Yourself Campaign @ Aldershot School

Food 4 Kids

June 18, 2014 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Home Suite Hope Shared Living Corp.

Home Suite Hope, a registered charity that supports single parent famiies end the cycle of poverty and homelessness in Halton was selected as the recipient of choice at the June meeting. At the meeting, 100 Women Who Care Burlington members learned that Home Suite Homes fills a much needed gap in the shelter continuum by providing transitional housing to a growing homeless population in Halton Region that need support beyond what is provided by emergency shelter facilities, . Home Suite Hope provides long-term refuge (average stay of up to 24 months) for low-income, precariously-housed, single parent families so that they can have the time necessary to stabilize their lives. They also provide the next stage after emergency shelter services. Other Emergency shelters provide immediate emergency support for people that are homeless, but the support is time-delimited; normally stays cannot be longer than 90 days.

“I was delighted to have this opportunity,” said Michelle Pommells, Executive Director for Home Suite Hope. “The 100 Women Who Care is such an incredible and powerful team of women who are making a direct impact in the lives of people who need it most – people who live right here in our community. It is thanks to the whole team at Dermetics that we were nominated,” continued Pommells. “They are the example of corporate social responsibility that makes a true difference and we are so thankful for their support.”

Charitable Registration # – 85975 5308 RR0001

Donation to Home Suite Hope Shared Living Corp – $5,300 (as of September 26/14)

Presented Charities:

March 26, 2014 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Halton Women’s Place

Halton Women’s Place was chosen to be supported by 100 Women Who Care Burlington at our March meeting. Halton Women’s Place provides a safe haven, information, and education to support a future without abuse for women and their children. Did you know that children who witness violence often suffer the same symptoms as children who have been abused themselves?

Charitable Registration # – 10746 2558 RR0001

Donation to Halton Women’s Place – $4,000

Kaitlin Gordon, Development Coordinator was thrilled to receive our donations and explained that the funds would be put to very good use for things such as shelter services, transitional counselling and their court support program. As we know, Halton Women’s Place provides a safe haven, information and education to support a future without abuse for women and their children. What may not be known is that in Burlington, the shelter has 30 beds and is at capacity or over capacity all year long, with an average length of stay of 6-8 weeks. We also learned that their definition of abuse is not restricted to physical abuse and violence. Emotional and financial abuse are also very real and unfortunately, abuse can have no bounds. Shelter, counselling and support is provided for women of ALL ages, races and religions. Thanks again to Ann Ryan for bringing the nomination forward and to 100 Women Who Care Burlington for helping to make a difference in our community. Thank you Halton Women’s Place for all that you do to help women make choices to increase their safety and the safety of their children.

Presented Charities:

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Hamilton/Burlington

Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington

Halton Women’s Place

January 29, 2014 Meeting

Chosen Charity: Burlington Humane Society

Burlington Humane Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the care and protection of the stray and abandoned animals in the Burlington area, operating soley on donations. It is one of the only no-kill shelters and their Mission is to improve the quality of life and welfare for animals in the Burlington community, to provide a safe haven while they find “forever homes for cats and dogs in their care, and to make Burlington a more humane city for all animals. The ultimate goal of the Burlington Humane Society is “to live in a city where there are no abandoned, unwanted, neglected or abused animals, and where every owner understands the level of commitment and responsibility that pet ownership entails.”

The donation from 100 Women Who Care Burlington will be used to pay for vet bills, food, shelter cost and long term care.

Charitable Registration # – 119254498RR0001

“The greatness of a society and it’s moral progress can be judged by the way it treats it’s animals”~ Mahatma Gandhi.

Donation to Burlington Humane Society – $2,900

” The Burlington Humane Society was incredibly surprised to learn we were the recipients of this wonderful donation! You could hear the shouts of excitement and joy from the shelter staff and volunteers when we got the call from the 100 Women who Care foundation. This money will be used to provide our cats and dogs with all the medical care they need, such as medical exams by a veterinarian, vaccines, medications, spays and neuters, along with any additional care such as dentals and broken bone repairs.” Adrienne Gosse, Shelter Manager

Presented Charities:

Burlington Humane Society

Compassion Society of Halton

Habitat for Humanity Halton

Nominator Presentations

We support registered charities in the Burlington area. Members nominate the charities and must be prepared to speak about the charity if called upon at the meeting.

The presentation should be no longer than five minutes in length and should cover the following topics:
What is the name of the organization?
Where is the organization located?
What is the mission of the organization?
What purpose does the organization serve? (who, what do they do, how do
they do it)
How would the organization benefit from receiving the donation?
How will the funds be used?
What other sources of funding does the organization have (i.e. how needy is
the organization)?
Can they issue tax receipts?
Describe your personal interactions with the organization or how you
learned of the organization.